One can live without having survived

If I just work when the spirit moves me, the spirit will ignore me.

Poetry is the voice of the soul, whispering, celebrating, singing, even.

A thing may in itself be the finest piece of writing one has ever done, and yet have absolutely no place in the manuscript one hopes to publish.

A tree is no more valuable than a seed. Both are simply at a different stage in their development.

One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.

In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.

It matters enormously if I alienate anyone from the truth.

From the moment a creature becomes aware of God as God and of itself as self, the terrible alternative of choosing God or self for the centre is opened to it.

It needs to become as easy to get hold of a condom in a poor country as Coca-Cola.

Women bring with them into the world a certain virtue, a divine gift that makes them adept at instilling such qualities as faith, courage, empathy and refinement in relationships and in cultures.

I never thought people would be mortally offended by the sounds I was making.

A little of true nonviolence acts in a silent, subtle, unseen way and leavens the whole society.

From candlelight to early bedtime, I read.